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IC2177 Seagull Nebula (2 Panel Mosaic), Josh
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IC2177 Seagull Nebula (2 Panel Mosaic)

IC2177 Seagull Nebula (2 Panel Mosaic), Josh
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IC2177 Seagull Nebula (2 Panel Mosaic)

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Well, this "project" has been several years in the making. The Seagull Nebula has been a bit of a white whale for me for a long time. I've tried to image it several times, and I start it every season, but I've never been able to actually finish it.

No More.

I've caught this cetacean, and made it mine (finally).

This is a 2 panel mosaic. I've stacked them with 2x Drizzle and processed on that. I cropped to a 3:4 aspect ratio as that was the closest to the full image, then resampled it to 50% to upload here to Astrobin. The full sized 2x Drizzle mosaic is over 300 megapixels; which even I will admit, is a little bit ridiculous.

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IC2177 Seagull Nebula (2 Panel Mosaic), Josh